[eclipse-dev] Eclipse can fail on startup - check your VM.

[Chris McLaren <Chris_McLaren@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We've had a number of reports of a Eclipse
failing to start beginning with M5. This problem recurred today suggesting
that it will continue to be an issue.
All of instances of this problem thus
far occurred on Windows while running Sun's 1.4.0 VM, and all could be
fixed by running Sun's 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 VM.

If eclipse is not starting at all and
you suspect this problem, try launching with this command line parameter:
-consoleLog
You won't get any further in terms of
starting Eclipse, but you will be able to look at the title bar of the
console window to confirm the path to the VM you are trying to start with.

You can specify which VM to use with
this command line parameter:
-vm c:\myLatestVM\bin\java.exe

Regarding the 1.4.0 VM, according to
Sun:
"Sun in no way recommends [J2SE
v 1.4.0] be used in a live, production environment."

For more information on this bug see:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=47296

Thanks,
Chris